Lesson 3

The Sacrament of Confirmation in Salvation History

God has always desired for His people to be a “royal priesthood,” anointed and consecrated as His Chosen People.
The Sacrament of Confirmation completes the work begun in us at our Baptism and sets us apart as this very royal priesthood proclaimed since the Old Testament.
We receive an outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Confirmation that empowers us, like the Apostles at Pentecost, to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ and make disciples of all the nations.

Lesson Vocabulary

  • Anointing
    :
    Anointing is rubbing or marking with oil. Holy oil is spread on our foreheads in Baptism and Confirmation, and again in the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.
  • Messiah
    :
    The Messiah is the one promised by God to save the world from sin and death.
  • Pentecost
    :
    Pentecost is the day when Jesus sent the Holy Spirit 50 days after Easter
  • Abba
    :
    Abba is the Hebrew word for Father. Jesus taught us to call God “Abba, Father” when we pray.
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